More info about fractional input can be read here. Pieces can be introduced either as 100.5 or 100 1/2. Just choose a metric in your mind and enter all data using that metric only. Any measurement metric- The way in which you introduce the data is a general one.Any number of pieces in the INVENTORY and DEMAND - virtually no limit for the number of pieces that you want to optimize.
The user may specify the number of stages and the direction of cuts for the first stage.
